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Whaling harpoons Icelandic tourism & the whole nation suffers (UPDATE!)

June 27, 2019 by Merritt Clifton

Iceland suspends whaling after ANIMALS 24-7 exposes how killing whales wounded a whale-watching industry that brings in twice as much money             REYKJAVIK, Iceland––The two remaining Icelandic whaling companies,  Hvalur,  killing fin whales,  and IP Útgerð,  killing minke whales,  on the afternoon of June 27,  2019 jointly announced that they will not go whaling this year,  […]

Filed Under: Advocacy, Animal organizations, Culture & Animals, Europe, Feature Home Bottom, Fish, Food, Iceland, Marine life, Meat issues, Scandinavia, USA, Vegetarians & vegans, Whales & dolphins, Wildlife Tagged With: Gunnar Bergmann Jonsson, Hugh Morris, Kristján Loftsson, Lauren Yakiwchuk, Merritt Clifton, Ragnhildur Sigurdardottir

Drove out the snakes? What did St. Patrick do with the Irish wolves?

March 16, 2019 by Merritt Clifton

He made friends with them!             DUBLIN, TEL AVIV,  ROME––As of St. Patrick’s Day 2019,  there are still no wild snakes in Ireland,  more than 1,660 years after the patron saint of Ireland allegedly drove them all out. Paleontologists say there were never any wild snakes in Ireland in the first place. But there were […]

Filed Under: Book & film reviews, Central Europe, Christianity, Conservation, Culture & Animals, Denmark, Dogs, Dogs & Cats, Eastern Europe, Endangered species, Europe, European Union, Feature Home Bottom, Finland, France, Germany, Habitat, Hunting, Ireland, Isles, Italy, Laws, Mediterranean, Norway, Religion & philosophy, Scandinavia, Switzerland, USA, Uses of dogs, Wildlife Tagged With: Brendan the Navigator, Kieran Hickey, Merritt Clifton, St. Francis of Assisi, St. Patrick, Veriticus, Zafir Rinat

Walls, boar purges, & no-man’s-land fail to stop African swine fever

January 18, 2019 by Merritt Clifton

Wild boar to blame for only 1% of outbreaks, Chinese learn             PARIS,  France––Donald Trump is not the only world leader who has yet to learn that walls don’t work––not if the goal is really to keep a foreign threat out,  as opposed to presenting the appearance to a political base of doing something drastic […]

Filed Under: Asia/Pacific, Central Europe, China, Culture & Animals, Denmark, Disease, Eastern Europe, Europe, European Union, Feature Home Bottom, Food, Food & agriculture, Germany, Global, Hooved stock, Horses & Farmed Animals, Lithuania, Meat issues, Netherlands, Pigs, Poland, Russia, Scandinavia, Ukraine Tagged With: Donald Trump, Frank Fang, Merritt Clifton

Japan hands whales a Christmas gift camouflaged as coal

December 27, 2018 by Merritt Clifton

Withdrawal from IWC covers for decision to halt Antarctic whaling TOKYO––Handing whales a Christmas Day gift camouflaged as coal,  Japanese chief cabinet secretary Yoshihide Suga on December 25,  2018 confirmed months of speculation and decades of threats that Japan would withdraw from membership in the International Whaling Commission,  which has maintained a global moratorium on […]

Filed Under: Activism, Advocacy, Animal organizations, Animal rights & welfare, Asia/Pacific, Australia & New Zealand, Conservation, Culture & Animals, Endangered species, Exhibition, Feature Home Bottom, Food, Japan, Laws, Laws & politics, Marine life, Marine mammals, Meat issues, Norway, Organizations, Pacific rim, Religion & philosophy, Scandinavia, South Korea, USA, Whales & dolphins, Wildlife Tagged With: Astrid Fuchs, Darren Kindleysides, Mari Yamaguchi, Merritt Clifton, Paul Watson, Ric O'Barry, Yoshide Suga

The gift of reindeer dwarfs the value of Christmas

December 24, 2018 by Merritt Clifton

Reindeer stand between us & the next Great Flood Admit it:  you did not think about reindeer even once between the last Christmas season and this one. Even when you last did think of reindeer,  you thought about them in association with Santa Claus. You probably never thought of reindeer as defenders of the Far […]

Filed Under: Conservation, Deer & other horned species, Eastern Europe, Endangered species, Europe, Feature Home Bottom, Habitat, Hunted species, Hunting & trapping, Norway, Russia, Scandinavia, Sweden, Wildlife Tagged With: Alex Dropkin, Bob Berwyn, Johan Olofsson, Jon Georg Dale, Mariska Te Beest, Martin Hugh-Jones, Merritt Clifton, Tam Garlan

Drone video moves Russia to halt orca & beluga captures

November 27, 2018 by Merritt Clifton

Drone found 90 belugas & 13 orcas allegedly held pending sale to China VLADIVOSTOK,  Russia––Responding to international outrage over drone video showing 90 belugas and 13 orcas in small holding pens in Srednaya Bay near Nakhodka,  just north of Vladivostok in the Russian Far East,  the Russian government in 2019 will prohibit whale captures,  reports the […]

Filed Under: Asia/Pacific, China, Culture & Animals, Eastern Europe, Endangered species, Entertainment, Europe, Exhibition, Feature Home Bottom, Hunting & trapping, Iceland, Laws, Marine mammals, Poaching & trafficking, Russia, Scandinavia, Whales & dolphins, Wildlife, Wildlife, Zoos, Zoos Tagged With: Masha Netrebenko, Merritt Clifton, Todd Woody

Revenge-seeking Icelandic “Ahab” denies killing the great blue whale

July 13, 2018 by Merritt Clifton

“Blood feud” with anti-whalers began when Sea Shepherds sank two of his ships in 1986 REYKJAVIK, Iceland––Kristján Loftsson,  the “Captain Ahab” of the North Atlantic,  has furiously denied that the 22nd of at least 27 whales killed by his ships in June and July 2018 was the first endangered blue whale harpooned by whalers since 1978,  […]

Filed Under: Advocacy, Animal organizations, Animal rights & welfare, Conservation, Culture & Animals, Endangered species, Europe, European Union, Feature Home Bottom, Fish, Food, Humane history, Iceland, Marine life, Meat issues, Norway, Religion & philosophy, Scandinavia, USA, Whales & dolphins, Wildlife Tagged With: Adam A. Pack, Captain Ahab, David Howitt, Gunnar Bergmann Jonsson, Kristján Loftsson, Merritt Clifton, Paul Watson, Phil Clapham, Rod Coronado, Stefán Ásmundsson, Steinar Bastesen

A whale for the saving in Nova Scotia––and what the rescue means

January 6, 2018 by Merritt Clifton

More than 100 Atlantic Canadians turn out to help in sub-zero cold             HALIFAX,  Nova Scotia––Farley Mowat,  whose 1972 book A Whale for the Killing helped to transform human attitudes toward whales worldwide,  would have been gratified by the scene on January 1,  2018 at Rainbow Haven Beach,  just east of Halifax,  Nova Scotia. On […]

Filed Under: Animal rights & welfare, Book & film reviews, Canada, Culture & Animals, Feature Home Bottom, Humane history, Marine life, Norway, Religion & philosophy, Scandinavia, The Americas, Whales & dolphins, Wildlife Tagged With: Alex Cornelissen, Brian Davies, Farley Mowat, Joey Smallwood, Karl Karlsen, Merritt Clifton, Paul Watson, Peter Hammarstedt, Victor B. Scheffer

Why mink releases don’t stop fur farm cruelty

October 25, 2017 by Merritt Clifton

Few industries are more cruel than the fur trade, but some anti-fur tactics take matters from bad to worse             OSLO,  Norway;  SEATTLE,  Washington––The Norwegian Court of Appeals on October 18,  2017 ordered four members of the anti-fur organization Nettverk for Dyrs Frihet (Network for Animal Freedom) to pay damages amounting to 21,000 euro,  plus […]

Filed Under: Adaptive species, Advocacy, Animal organizations, China, Europe, Feature Home Bottom, Feral animals, Food & agriculture, Fur & leather, Horses & Farmed Animals, Norway, Scandinavia, USA, Wildlife Tagged With: Andrea Strauss, Cory Zurowski, Eric E. Magnuson, Gary Yourofsky, Justin Clay Samuel, Karen Chou, Kevin Olliff Johnson, Merritt Clifton, Peter Daniel Young, Richard Aulerich, Rod Coronado, Tyler Lang

Stink over conditions at skunk & ferret “fur farm”

October 23, 2017 by Merritt Clifton

SAEN seeks Animal Welfare Act charges against “fur farm” that appears to breed animals mostly for laboratories & the pet trade             NEW SHARON,  Iowa––If the 85-year-old Ruby Fur Farm was just a fur farm,  producing mink or fox pelts for the garment industry,  it would not be subject to unannounced visits from the USDA […]

Filed Under: Advocacy, Animal organizations, Asia/Pacific, Austria, China, Denmark, Europe, Feature Home Bottom, Fur & leather, Germany, Lab animals, Netherlands, Other species, Regulation, Scandinavia, Science, USA Tagged With: Merritt Clifton, Ruby Fur Farm, SAEN

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